The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06

erty of the knights OF Labor Publishing
Company in Chicago Thursday morning, |
the confession of judgment In favor of
George L. DeTwiller for $133. A receiver
has been appointed and the publication of
the Ecening sta will be continued.
The action of the government of Mani
toba on the proposed Red River railway is
beginning to attract attention at Ottawa.
A prominent Manitoban, now mt the CAPT.
tai, states that the Dominion government
will prevent the construction of the road at
ali hazards.
Mr.. Parncll advised Gill, who was re-
Gently nominated by the Common Council
ms Lord Mayor of Dublin, anG whose nom
inatiOn caused some discomfort among the
Nationalist, to withdraw in favor of Sex
ton. Gill accepted the advice and has with,
prawn.
In the Supreme Court Chambers in New
York, Thursday, Judge Lawrence denied
the application of Nathaniel d. Powers
and others for a continuation of the in
junction restraining the Richmond and
Danvillc road and the Central Trust Com
pany from paying a dividend of three per
cent. upon the railroad stock.
The war in Rowan County, Kentucky, is
by no means ended. The escaped Tollivcrs
are now in Elliott County, their home, rap
idly recruiting a large following, and this
week they propose to take Morehcad, kill
every man they can who took part in the
recent killing Of Craig Tolliver and three of
his supporters, and then burn the town.
One hundred and six boys have passed
the examination for admission to the West
Point academy. Forty seven failed to pass.
1t is estimated that 30 per cent of the boys
who have just entered will graduate in 1891.
II they do the government will have n big
surplus of military genius unless we happen
to have a war by that time.
Tuesday morning, as the last four pages
of the Macon ~1GIegraph were being low
cred from the composing rooms to the
presses, the elevator chain broke, prccipi-
taling them to the cellar in n mass of Cpl"
The magnitude Of such an accident is
known only TO those familiar with the
work of printing Il daily paper.
The Lee Monument Board, of which
Gov. Lee, Of Virginia, is chairman, awarded
the contract for the erection of an cqucS.
trian statue Of General Robert f. Lee TO
the eminent sulptor, Mcrcic, Of Paris. 1t
is expected hat the corner stone of the
monument will be laid in the latter part of
October next, during the State fair. The
monumcn will be erected in the extreme
west end of Richmond.
NA'Ni VINO Civ WV IL lIS lOll
San Carlos, Arizona: Lieutenant John.
sons surprise and capture and the rapid
pursuit of the troops have driven the band
of hOStilcS back to the reservation, where
they have surrendered. and ! havc insti.
tutcl an investigation and detailed a gen
cral court martial for the trial of those
guilty Of military o~ifcnscs, thus ending the
present Disturbance
At Stony Gap, Hancock county. Tenn,
a fatal shooting occurred Tuesday night.
VIII Hobbs, n member Of an outlaw gang
that has killed several men during the past
few months. was attending Il meeting with
a pistol bucklCd around him. Deputy
sheriff Green tried to arrest Hobbs, and a
fierce fight cnSucd, in which both men
were killed and Il number of persons
wounded.
Charles Alden, of Randolph. Mass, once
one Of the richest inventors in New Eng
land. committed suicide on Monday to
escape The pnngs of poverty. For one
patent alone, that for the evaporation Of
apples, he received tho sum of 5000, 900.
IN former years he was Il member Of the
Board of New York Aldermen and was
looked uOon as one of the most promising
real estate dealers in the metropolis. Tn
fortunate spcCulations swept all his posses.
sions away.
Northern capitalists are rapidly acquir-
ing all The pine lands in Southern Alabama
that alc still owned by the Government
and THAT can he had for 81 % an acre.
EIihI and VIM. Jackson, of Maryland,
nave just bought 10000 acres Of finely
iimhcrcd land in one tract in Covington
county, and 10000 acres were bought by
another party about "A month ago.
or the men OF New York who can Justly
lay claim to success in this life, the follow.
Ing do not drink, smoke, or yhcw: Chaun.
ccy VI. DCpcw, Jay Gould, Russell Sage.
Cirrus W. Field, Henry Clcws, Stephen V.
waite, Commodore Batcman, Collector
Magonc, Washington Il. Conner and John
ID. 2layback. Many others, of almost
equal influence, use tobacco but do not
drink.
There is a proposition afoot TO build an
Anglo American exchange in London. 1t
Is To stand on the Thames cmbankment.
and 10 include under the roof a gigantic
hotel. a banking establishment, Il theatre
Ter The production of purely American
dramas, and mn assembly room, in which
travellers from the United States may be
fairly certain to meet cOmpatriots who are
doing the tour of Europe. Ample funds
for carrying out the scheme have been sub.
Scribcd and a site for the building is now
being secured.
All the differences between the manufac.
turcrS and the iron and steel workers were
amicably adjusted at Il prOtractcd confer
cncc held at littsburg Thursday. The
manufactures seem to be thoroughly well
pleased that the strike has been avcrtcd.
Neither can claim the victory, as conccs.
sions were made by both parties, although
the workmcn secure ten per rent. advance
in wages. The scale was signed by a Joint
committee Of iron manufacturers and the
Amalgamatcl Association. Work in the
mills now go on as usual.
James s.. f. Wilson, the Philadelphia
iorgcr, was brought before Judge McDou-
gal, of Toronto, Thursday morning. Dcpo-
sitions and evidence taken in Philadelphia,
under the AShburton treaty, were sub.
mittcd, and on the strength of these his
Honor ordered Wilson's eXtradition, but at
the request Of counsel Wilson was remand
ed ID days to enable him to take the matter
before the Minister of Justice of Ottawa.
Wilson, however, through his counsel,